Abolition - Politics, Practices, Promises. Volume 1

Can you imagine a world without prisons ? In this illuminating collection of essays, conversations and interviews, world-renowned scholar and activist Angela Y. Davis plots the radical framework necessary for prison abolition. Combining decades of analytical brilliance and lessons from organizing both inside and beyond prison walls, Davis traces the history of the penal system, from slavery to the prison industrial complex ; examines the relationship between the prison system and capitalism ; and details the unique contributions of women to abolitionist struggles.
Powerful and rewarding, filled with insight and provocation, 'Abolition : Politics, Practices, Promises' is essential reading for anyone seeking to reimagine the carceral system.